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118. James Bedwell73 was born about 1789 in Virginia.155 He died of pneumonia in Apr
1860 in Poinsett County, Arkansas.156,157
• 1820 Census for Bedford County, Tennessee, shows James Bedwell as head
of household containing: two males under 10; one male 10-15; one male 26-44;
one female under 10; one female 26-44; one male slave of 14-25; two female slaves
under 14; and one female slave 26-44.
• Ancestry.com has this census listing for James Bedwell, but no online
image:
Name: Bedwell, James; Township: Unknown Townships; County: Lawrence; State: Arkansas;
Year: 1834;p Roll: _IMAGE Page: 2.
• 1834 Tax List for Chicott County, Arkansas, shows a James Bedwell. Because
Chicott County is so far south of Lawrence and Poinsett counties, this is probably
a different James Bedwell.
• 1840 Census for Languille, Poinsett County, Arkansas, shows James Bedwell
as head of household containing one male between 30-40, one male between 60-70,
two females between 10-15, two females between 15-20, and one female between
60-70.
• 1850 Census for Bolivar Township, Poinsett County, Arkansas, shows Samuel
H. Bedwell (incorrectly shown as Bidwell in ancestry.com index), age 33, a farmer
born in Tennessee, as head of household with: James Bedwell, 61, born in Virginia;
and Susana Bedwell, 63, born in North Carolina
• From the Mortality Index of the 1860 census:
Bedwell, James; Age: 74; Gender: M; Death Date: April, 1860; Death Location:
Poinsett, Arkansas; Cause: Pneumonia; Birth Location: Tennessee.
Susanah Rawson155,156 was born about 1787 in North
Carolina.155 She died in
1866 in Poinsett County, Arkansas.158
James Bedwell and Susanah Rawson had the following children:
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